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Showing 39813990 of 22933 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 25 Sept. 2012 – no. 11-22754

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Obligations and financial responsibility of project owners and principals

Article R1263-16

From the day of receipt of the injunction referred to in Article L. 1262-4-3, the employer posting employees and, where applicable, the principal contracting with the latter shall inform the project o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-7

…the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, subject to the powers of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution concerning struc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-13

…y on municipalities contributing to the fund for the first time is subject to a 50% reduction;d) In 2012, when a municipality is subject to a levy under this article and benefits from an allocation un…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Commission des aides à l'écriture et à la réécriture de scénario (Commission for scriptwriting and rewriting grants)

Article 212-50

The Commission is made up of two colleges sitting separately.The first college comprises the Chairman, a Vice-Chairman and seven other members. It is responsible for examining applications for assista…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Progressive levy on casino gaming revenue.

Article D2333-74

…Internal Security Code is as follows:6% up to 100,000 euros.16% from 100,001 euros to 200,000 euros.25% from €200,001 to €500,000.37% from €500,001 to €1,000,000.47% from €1,000,001 to €1,500,000.58%…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Part-time work.

Article L212-4-4

…r worked in excess of one tenth of the aforementioned period gives rise to an increase in salary of 25%.The working hours of part-time employees may not include, in the course of a single day, more th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Trial of crimes

Article 923

The majorities of seven or eight votes provided for by articles 359 and 362, second paragraph, are replaced by majorities of four or six votes.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Measures following controls

Article R532-1

If you disregard the provisions of an order issued pursuant to articles L. 521-17 ou L. 521-25 : 1° Manufacturing, importing, exporting, placing on the market free of charge or against payment, holdin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article R3262-46

…ticles R. 3262-1, R. 3262-2, R. 3262-4 to R. 3262-11, R. 3262-16, R. 3262-17, R. 3262-20 to R. 3262-25, R. 3262-33 to R. 3262-35 and R. 3262-37 to R. 3262-39 , as well as to obstruction of the supervi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D775-21

…clesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 533-2-1n° 2007-904 of 15 May 2007D. 533-3 to D. 533-5No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 533-11 with the exception of its 5th and 6th paragraphsn° 2021-9…

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